Genesis 15:1 · JPS 1917
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'
Who acts: word, I, reward, thy · What happens: come, say, not fear, be, word, reward · To what, where: vision, shield, LORD · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 15:1 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (word, I, reward, thy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 things | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 things | det |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 came | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 LORD | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 LORD | det |
| 8 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nmod |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 11 Abram | case |
| 11 | Abram | Abram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 vision | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 vision | det |
| 14 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saying | punct |
| 16 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 came | advcl |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 Fear | punct |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Fear | punct |
| 19 | Fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 saying | ccomp |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 Fear | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Abram | punct |
| 22 | Abram | Abram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Fear | vocative |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 shield | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 shield | nsubj |
| 25 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 shield | cop |
| 26 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 shield | nmod:poss |
| 27 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 saying | ccomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 exceeding | punct |
| 29 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 reward | nmod:poss |
| 30 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 great | nsubj |
| 31 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 great | aux |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 34 great | cop |
| 33 | exceeding | exceeding | ADV | _ | 34 great | advmod |
| 34 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 shield | parataxis |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 36 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request, indirect=0, polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the word of the LORD | a vision | after this things | unto Abram | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vision=Location | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | the word of the LORD not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not fear | infinitive | Abram vocative | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | I | thy shield | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | shall | thy reward | exceeding, great property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | word | the LORD | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | reward | thy | nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The Hebrew of this verse
אַחַ֣ר ׀ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם בַּֽמַּחֲזֶ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אַל־תִּירָ֣א אַבְרָ֗ם אָנֹכִי֙ מָגֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ שְׂכָרְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
Genesis 15:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:GEN:377 of Mova's parse database.
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